Problem starting VM from a thread

Andrew Pimlott pimlott at abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU
Sat Oct 31 08:17:40 PST 1998


On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Godmar Back wrote:

> What thread package are you using?  Kaffe implements its own threads;
> very likely that those won't be compatible with what you're using.
[snip]
> These comments mainly apply if what you're using is a user-level
> thread package.
> If you're using Linux kernel threads (I'll admit I only know them from
> hearsay), then we have a bug or at least something we should look at
> fixing somewhere:  I'd say Kaffe's internal threading should work with 
> kernel threads.

Just a note:  Don't bet on it.  Linux threads use quite a bit of userland 
magic.

Andrew


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